In Facebook on Friday, the perfume magnate posted pictures of him cradling Prince Charles and Princess Charlotte, who were born last May 25 in Moscow, Russia. Cruz flew to the country last month to welcome them.

Any taxi driver in Baguio can take you to fragrance entrepreneur Joel Cruz’s mansion in Camp John Hay.
Dubbed the White House of the Lord of Scents, it has become a landmark for its massive scale—a 3,000-sq m, four-level building with a glass tower that encases a cascading crystal chandelier.

I never experienced a Baguio that cold and that crowded as I did last weekend. It was as if people, suddenly scared of storms and seas, flocked to this mountain resort instead, in the days after Christmas and right before the new year.

Mall magnate Henry Sy Sr., the Philippines’ richest person with a net worth of some $13.2 billion, is also one of the country’s notable donors, according to Forbes Asia’s latest list of “Heroes of Philanthropy.”